For the first two years of college Ryan worked weekends at the front
desk of the Mercer
Hotel, quizzically observing upper-class and celebrity culture. Ryan
also served throughout his higher education as a killjoy RA, busting
parties in a lawless Manhattan dorm.

After two semesters of apprenticing sign painters and learning
remedial Tamil in South India (part of which is chronicled in his first
website), Ryan
returned to NYC and interned for PBS as well as animation/interactive studio Funny
Garbage.

Since graduating from said schools with honors in 2003, Ryan has
completed design, illustration, and multimedia projects for folks like
Ze Frank, Salon, Sony Music, HBO
Family, Comedy Central, and Cartoon Network, as well as many
non-profits, schools, musicians, and artists.